Access All Areas is back! WECIL’s annual celebration event, Access All Areas, is taking place on Thursday 19th October 2023 from 2pm to 5pm at the Trinity Centre in Bristol. Tickets are free, click here to book your place.
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We are delighted to share the fantastic news that WECIL has won Locality’s Power of the Community Award! The annual Locality Awards ‘23 Ceremony took place at the Bristol Marriot Royal Hotel on 7th November, celebrating the impact and innovation shown by local community organisations and charities across the country. Tony Armstrong, Chief Executive of…
WECIL’s Chief Executive, Dominic Ellison, features in a new book from Bristol Ideas bringing together essays from over 30 contributors, addressing some of the challenges Bristol faces and sharing ideas about how we might meet them. From dealing with the past, the future of social care, culture and housing to building a city of aspiration, the book looks…
We are utterly thrilled to have been shortlisted as finalists in three categories at this year’s Locality Awards! The Locality Convention is an annual highlight for a number of the WECIL team. Convention is an opportunity for members of Locality, who are all community-led organisations, to come together under a shared belief in the Power of Community and get…
Bristol City Council have released a draft of their new Fair and Affordable Care Policy for public consultation. The policy was developed in response to current financial pressures and the need to ensure that the council has sufficient resources to meet the needs of all the people who might need care and support. It is…
The Learning Team at Bristol Museums is developing teaching and learning resources that explore the work of creative practitioners from diverse backgrounds. They are currently looking for 4 creative professionals who are Disabled people and are professional artists, printmakers, sculptors, ceramicists, metalworkers, textile artists, photographers, poets, actors, musicians or dancers. As part of the resources they are…
Applications are now open for an exciting paid MyWorld Micro-Residency for up to eight people to spend approximately four days over three months in residence with the Pervasive Media Studio, a part of WECIL’s strategic partners the Watershed. It is part of a project where you will collaborate on researching and designing accessibility in location-based Virtual Reality…
Which? (the independent consumer association) is funding projects which address harm done to consumers, which takes many and varied forms, and is often difficult to spot. Which? wants to make sure that the voices of all consumers are heard, and that action is taken to tackle consumer harms. Disability Rights UK would like to apply for…
Wednesday 1st March 2pm – 4pmorTuesday 14th March 10am – 12noonatThe Vassall Centre, Gill Avenue, Fishponds, BS16 2QQ WECIL are hosting two FREE workshops for Disabled people. With thecurrent cost of living and climate crisis these workshops are designed tohelp people save energy and save money in the home. The workshopsare being delivered by The…
We are very sad to announce the passing of our Honorary President Jayne Carr. Jayne was at the very heart of WECIL since the beginning, involved in the Disabled People’s Rights Movement and she will be greatly missed by the community she so loyally served and loved. Jayne was a nurturing, caring and influential member…
Financial statement: protect Disabled people’s rights and lives This briefing is from Disabled People’s Organisations Forum – a coalition of 40 Deaf and Disabled people’s led organisations working in different regions of England. We are horrified at a prospect of any future cuts to public services and the impact those will have on Disabled people[1]. …
